Broom



Patented July 21, 1953 BROOM Haley H. Birch, Preston, Nebr.

Application May 16, 1949, Serial No. 93,541

1 Claim.

the usual straight elongated handle, and 6 indicates the filler of a broom headwhich is secured on the lower end portion of the handle. The iiller 6 includes a bunch of wet coarse broom straws 1 disposed with their butt ends at the top and secured on the lower portion of the handle by winding the butt end portions of the same with wire as at 8. Smaller fiat bunches of wet straws 9 are then similarly-disposed and 2 the straws are allowed to dry. Staples I 1 are driven through the other bunch 9 and the bunch 'I into the handle so as to straddle and tighten the windings I2 and I4 after drying the straws.

After this, the straws are thrashed and then' the broom head may be iinished in the usual secured to opposite sides` of the bunch 1 by winding the butt end portions thereof with the wire as at I0. Primary shoulder-forming bunches of wet clear straws II are then disposed with their butt ends down at opposite sides of the butt end portions of the bunch of straws l and intermediate the bunches 9, and these bunches II are secured in place by winding their butt ends with the wire as at I2, so as to additionally secure the bunches 9. Secondary shoulderforming bunches of wet shorter coarse straws I3 are then disposed with their butt ends down at the outer sides of the bunches II but slightly higher than the latter, whereupon these bunches I3 are secured in place by winding their butt end portions with the wire as at I4 above the windings I2. The bunches II and I3 are then bent down over the windings- I4 and temporarily held down by means of a strap or band,

or any preferred way, as by covering the bunches 1, 9, II and I3 with a layer or hurl of clear straws to form the exterior of the broom head, stitching the straws together, and trimming the lower ends of the straws. The partially completed broom is placed back on the Winder to secure the exterior or finishing layer or hurl of straws to the handle, the end I6 of the wire on the filler 6 being suitably secured to the end of the wire on the Winder and to the iiller 6.

From the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention .will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Minor changes are contemplated within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Having described the claimed as new is; f

In a broom, a handle, a bunch of straws disinvention, what is posed with their butt ends at the top and about the lower end portion of the handle, windings f of wire securing the butt end portions of said the bunches II of clear straws being at the outside of the bunches I3 of coarse straws. By using the primary and secondary shoulderforming bunches of straws and separately winding them with Wire in different spaced planes, the straws are securely fastened in place so that they will not pull out from under the lwire. A staple I5 is then driven through one of the bunches 9 and the bunch 1 into the handle so as to straddle the last winding I4 and hold the wire tight, whereupon the wire is cut off to leave a short portion I6 extending beyond said staple. However, the staple I5 may be driven and the wire cut off before bending the bunches II and I3 down and holding them down by means of the strap or band. The butt ends bunch of straws on the lower end portion of the handle,.1"lat bunches of straws at two opposite sides of the first-named bunch wired in place at the butt ends of said first-named bunch, primary shoulder-forming bunches of straws at the other two opposite sides of the first-named bunch disposed with their butt ends down at opposite sides of the butt end portions of the tiret-named bunch of straws, other windings of the wire "securing the butt end portions Lof the secondnamed bunches in place, secondary shoulderforming bunches of straws disposed with their -butt ends down at the outer sides of but slightly higher than the butt ends of the primary shoulder-forming bunches of straws, and further windings of the wire' above the ilrst and secondnamed windings securing the butt end portions of the secondary shoulder-forming bunches of of the bunches are then`trimmed or cut olf close to the windings I4. The partially completed broom is then taken from the windet` and.

straws in place above and in spaced relation to the second-named windings and in engagement with said secondary bunches above said first and second-named windings, all of said shoulder-forming bunches of straws being bent down over the last-named windings.

HALE-Y H. BIRCH.

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